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Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

Originally Posted by MissShakra

this thread is super. i agree whole heartedly though i will say i def think Sakura has a chance of signing a contract with the the slug (cant think of her name right now) but also either being distantly related to the senju or just being a mini Tsunade or Surpassing her somehow. im so excited to see what happens...i feel like this lil dream world obito and madara are putting them in is gonna be something that sakura helps break!!! afterall isnt it just a super powerful genjutsu?

Katsuyu is her name. :p
Well, besides those connections with Senju in some sort of way, I have forgot to mention a simple one that requires basic knowledge, lol, that I have missed it myself.
Her name is Sakura (cherry blossom). Where do they appear? In a tree! Which is the main representative of Senju's clan?
The clan of the forest. Forest are composed from trees in which grow cherry blossoms.
Such a simple connection, lol.

Well, my guess is that she will surpass Tsunade battle-wise somehow and with some sort of medical ninjutsu combined with genjutsu (this is what Kakashi has been hinting to).

And I see I am not the only one who thought at breaking the Tsukuyomi.
I know it's far-fetched in a way, but who knows?
She is known for dispelling genjutsu, maybe she will get to the next level and she'll dispel an Uchiha one (though it is said that only other Uchihas can do it).

Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

I am actually thinking if Sakura does help in the fight it may be through some sort of poison to help neutralize wood style. She was shown creating an antidote to Sasori's poison in the beginning of Shippuden. As you said she seemed to have knowledge about and take interest in Yamato's wood style when he first appeared and showed it. Then she was shown making a poison to try to use against Sasuke in the Kage summit arc. Then Kabuto captures Yamato and brings him to Obito who seems nervous when Kabuto says he is suppressing Yamato's wood style through poison. You could say he was nervous because Kabuto could use this poison if he wanted to stop the Zetsu but he also could be nervous because as we now know a good chunk of Obito's body is made of Zetsu and a poison that suppresses it could be dangerous to him. Madara also has Hashirami's woodstyle cells incorporated into his body. Then in the war Sakura separates from her unit with Kakashi to go to the medical tents. Here she confronts a transformed white zetsu in the form of Neji and defeats it and then immediately recognizes that it was a zetsu transformation technique. This could have been the end of her involvement with Zetsu because after this the alliance was notified by her it was Zetsu's transforming and then Naruto could have taken care of it. Still after this there are panels of Sakura and Shizune doing an autopsy of the Zetsu body and Sakura finds out that it is made of the first Hokages cells and that they are using Yamato to boost it. Shizune was also the one that Kakashi said helped her make the poison she was going to use on Sasuke. This extra analyzing of the Zetsu's cells and here seemingly great knowledge of it might mean nothing or it may foreshadow that she is going to use this in some way. If she does make some sort of poison to subdue woodstyle she could then give it to other members of the alliance who could then work together to inject it into either Madara and Obito to try to weaken their otherwise immense power.

(In summary Sakura can make poison. It has been hinted at poison can subdue woodstyle. The two main villains at the current battle are largely being powered by woodstyle. Sakura has shown great knowledge before the war and gained even more knowledge during the war of the nature of woodstyle. She is now heading toward this battle. Now I have no idea where the Jubi fits into this though.)

Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

Originally Posted by thgt89

I am actually thinking if Sakura does help in the fight it may be through some sort of poison to help neutralize wood style. She was shown creating an antidote to Sasori's poison in the beginning of Shippuden. As you said she seemed to have knowledge about and take interest in Yamato's wood style when he first appeared and showed it. Then she was shown making a poison to try to use against Sasuke in the Kage summit arc. Then Kabuto captures Yamato and brings him to Obito who seems nervous when Kabuto says he is suppressing Yamato's wood style through poison. You could say he was nervous because Kabuto could use this poison if he wanted to stop the Zetsu but he also could be nervous because as we now know a good chunk of Obito's body is made of Zetsu and a poison that suppresses it could be dangerous to him. Madara also has Hashirami's woodstyle cells incorporated into his body. Then in the war Sakura separates from here unit with Kakashi to go to the medical tents. Here she confronts a transformed white zetsu in the form of Neji and defeats it and then immediately recognizes that it was a zetsu transformation technique. This could have been the end of here involvement with Zetsu because after this the alliance was notifies by her it was Zetsu's transforming and then Naruto could have taken care of it. Still after there are panels of Sakura and Shizune are doing an autopsy of the Zetsu body and Sakura finds out that it is made of the first Hokages cells and that they are using Yamato to boost it. Shizune was also the one that Kakashi said helped her make the poison she was going to use on Sasuke. This extra analyzing of the Zetsu's cells and here seemingly great knowledge of it might mean nothing or it may foreshadow that she is going to use this in some way. If she does make some sort of poison to subdue woodstyle she could then give it to other members of the alliance who could then work together to inject it into either Madara and Obito to try to weaken their otherwise immense power.

(In summary Sakura can make poison. It has been hinted at poison can subdue woodstyle. The two main villains at the current battle are largely being powered by woodstyle. Sakura has shown great knowledge before the war and gained even more knowledge during the war of the nature of woodstyle. She is now heading toward this battle. Now I have no idea where the Jubi fits into this though.

Hmm, never have thought at it. Though this was indeed one of her biggest shown feats as well, dealing with poison and such.
Would be nice to see but, indeed, I wonder where Jubi fits, heh.

I think I have repeated myself too many times regarding this.
Yin Seal is for storage and activation of a certain technique, it doesn't require you to be Senju/Uzumaki. So Sakura will be able to store chakra there.
Another thing is that chakra can be worked out. People forgot that also other characters got 5 in Stamina without being a Senju/Uzumaki?
And who says that it has to have the same after-effects of Genesis Rebirth. Maybe this is where Sakura's part is going to be. Not to mention that the whole thing with the life-span and Tsunade's technique is quite... how to call it? Unreal by logic? Tsunade already makes new cells, meaning new life-span, but anyway, guess Kishi had to put a limit to her technique as well.
So the Yin Seal is not dangerous for her, the technique probably would be. But it depends what technique Sakura would use with the Yin Seal.Not to mention that Sakura did show great resistance for her age, already, when she was impaled in a fatal spot.

1. It would take much longer for Sakura to store up large amounts of chakra in comparison to Tsunade.

3. Being impaled in a fatal spot doesn't have anything to do with showing resistance for aging

In general comparing Sakura to Naruto and Sasuke in a Sannin style trio is rather stupid. Naruto and Sasuke have long surpassed Jiraiya and Orochimaru respectfully (Naruto to an extraordinary degree), while Tsunade is still far stronger than Sakura....

Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

Originally Posted by Chatte

Katsuyu is her name. :p
Well, besides those connections with Senju in some sort of way, I have forgot to mention a simple one that requires basic knowledge, lol, that I have missed it myself.Her name is Sakura (cherry blossom). Where do they appear? In a tree! Which is the main representative of Senju's clan?
The clan of the forest. Forest are composed from trees in which grow cherry blossoms.
Such a simple connection, lol.

Well, my guess is that she will surpass Tsunade battle-wise somehow and with some sort of medical ninjutsu combined with genjutsu (this is what Kakashi has been hinting to).

And I see I am not the only one who thought at breaking the Tsukuyomi.
I know it's far-fetched in a way, but who knows?She is known for dispelling genjutsu, maybe she will get to the next level and she'll dispel an Uchiha one (though it is said that only other Uchihas can do it).

So much wishful thinking ?

Did it occur to you that she is intended to be merely a support ninja ? Her role is just to be a emotional pillar for naruto and sasuke, nothing else (keyword being emotional). If she had to be stronger than tsunade, I am pretty sure Kisi wouldnt have waited soooo long to do it. As far as battle strength is concerned, she is meant to be medical support ninja that is all.

I know this thread is - possible character development, but your comments have already crossed the line of fanboyism. All this bringer of darkness genjutsu etc is just purely wishful thinking. You yourself have not understood her core character. She comes from a non ninja clan and her character is made to depict how a ninja not blessed with OP genes can make a difference. By speculating insane power ups you spit on her character itself.

How difficult is it for NB members to understand that there are ninja apart from Senju and Uchiha clan ?? Cant you like a character without giving him/her stupid powerups ???

3. Being impaled in a fatal spot doesn't have anything to do with showing resistance for aging, are you stupid?

Originally Posted by adeshina365

In general comparing Sakura to Naruto and Sasuke in a Sannin style trio is rather stupid. Naruto and Sasuke have long surpassed Jiraiya and Orochimaru respectfully (Naruto to an extraordinary degree), while Tsunade is still far stronger than Sakura....

I think you really crossed the line with the insults here, don't you think.
If you are not able to understand a message, please, refrain from responding in a nice manner.
I am not taking insult from anyone, especially when they cannot have the taste to discuss nicely.
My discussion with you ends here.

Originally Posted by narutonish

So much wishful thinking ?

Did it occur to you that she is intended to be merely a support ninja ? Her role is just to be a emotional pillar for naruto and sasuke, nothing else (keyword being emotional). If she had to be stronger than tsunade, I am pretty sure Kisi wouldnt have waited soooo long to do it. As far as battle strength is concerned, she is meant to be medical support ninja that is all.

I know this thread is - possible character development, but your comments have already crossed the line of fanboyism. All this bringer of darkness genjutsu etc is just purely wishful thinking. You yourself have not understood her core character. She comes from a non ninja clan and her character is made to depict how a ninja not blessed with OP genes can make a difference. By speculating insane power ups you spit on her character itself.

How difficult is it for NB members to understand that there are ninja apart from Senju and Uchiha clan ?? Cant you like a character without giving him/her stupid powerups ???

It's not so much wishful thinking, I am showing possibilities here. Might happen, might not as well happen.
I think you missed the part where I said that.

About her core personality, trust me, you don't need to learn me about these things as I've been one of the firsts who told about the fact that Sakura's character is totally different that the OP's of Naruto and Sasuke.
My comments have passed the line of fanboyism? You might tell me why? There was no comment that didn't had support from the manga.
As I know, fanboys/girls don't do that.
Why would that be insane power-up? It's a mere genjutsu, it's not that "powered-up" as a Kyuubi or a Susano'o as far as I've noticed.
And I did understood that there are clans besides those two, that's why I brought-up in some of the discussions Minato Namikaze, one fine example.
And trust me, I do like Sakura like it is, with her goods and bads, I like her for what it is, not for her powers.
Before making false accusations, better check that.

Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

I am not accusing anything my friend, I am merely pointing what I see from your first post. OP genjutsu tech, yin seal, breaking uchiha genjutsu ? You just want her to be just another like senju/uchiha wannabe.

As far as supporting manga goes, you have put nothing concrete proof, thats why I put the word - "wishful".

Although your recent thread of teamwork against sasori, yea thats good

Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

Originally Posted by narutonish

I am not accusing anything my friend, I am merely pointing what I see from your first post. OP genjutsu tech, yin seal, breaking uchiha genjutsu ? You just want her to be just another like senju/uchiha wannabe.

As far as supporting manga goes, you have put nothing concrete proof, thats why I put the word - "wishful".

Although your recent thread of teamwork against sasori, yea thats good

No, I don't want her to be, I am showing something she might get.
As I told you, I like her the way she is.
This is theory, involves speculations, speculations can go as far as you can fetch them.
I am not saying it's going to be like this.
I am showing a possibility based, as I said, on connection, hints and manga proofs.
The manga pages that are there weren't made by me.

That's why this one is different than that one.
This one is a theory, that one is a concrete thing.

Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

Maybe it is better to follow the way Kishi story progress.
Before part 2 began, one chapter was totally on Kakashi, Obito, Rin.
Thereafter nothing was mentioned about Obito & Rin, until when Naruto broke Tobi mask.
then the story about Kakashi, Rin & Obito were focus on many chapters.
Still, there was some mystery about Obito's skill and how Rin die.
As for Sakura, other then being skillful in medical, that was seen at the start of part 2;
and as well as some of the skill of Sakura skill was shown, such as;
fighting with Chiyo against Sasori, tactic, strength, observation, knowledge.
Sakura is also being the main character as a medical ninja.
Kishi did not focus much on Sakura and her potential skill.
Sakura would appeared in the ending of the War, because she did said one issue that
she herself unable to decide; saving Naruto or Sasuke (if Sasuke turn good).
As said during the fighting against Sasori, she was skill that his sword go thru
her body, she still can survived, just like Tsunade survived Orochimaru's sword.
That's why both Chiyo and Sasori acknowledged her as being Tsunade-2...............

Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

She won't do anything. She is irrelevant to the story and the manga pages show that..

If Kishi forgot her.. She doesn't character development. Other characters such as Kiba and Shino deserve which they will be getting in a few characters with out Kishi has set up things so far...

Originally Posted by Kurama999

Maybe it is better to follow the way Kishi story progress.
Before part 2 began, one chapter was totally on Kakashi, Obito, Rin.
Thereafter nothing was mentioned about Obito & Rin, until when Naruto broke Tobi mask.
then the story about Kakashi, Rin & Obito were focus on many chapters.
Still, there was some mystery about Obito's skill and how Rin die.
As for Sakura, other then being skillful in medical, that was seen at the start of part 2;
and as well as some of the skill of Sakura skill was shown, such as;
fighting with Chiyo against Sasori, tactic, strength, observation, knowledge.
Sakura is also being the main character as a medical ninja.
Kishi did not focus much on Sakura and her potential skill.
Sakura would appeared in the ending of the War, because she did said one issue that
she herself unable to decide; saving Naruto or Sasuke (if Sasuke turn good).
As said during the fighting against Sasori, she was skill that his sword go thru
her body, she still can survived, just like Tsunade survived Orochimaru's sword.
That's why both Chiyo and Sasori acknowledged her as being Tsunade-2...............

NarutoLuffy, you have the answer here and how Sakura is deeply implied in this story and it will always be.

Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

Nah, other than her so called love for sasuke and naruto, she is pretty much irrelevant to the story.

But anyway we will see when the K11 arrive on the battlefield.

Don't give your hopes up, Kishi did say all of our favorite characters will shine since this war is far from over.

It's not about that only, her involvement will be there always as her character represents humanity (one of the central themes of this manga).

Exactly as I said, this war isn't done. Kishi said he will be writing at least 1.5-2 years.
Take example Kakashi, it took him 4 years (if I am correct) to write about his involvement in the story he said long time ago.

Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

Originally Posted by Chatte

It's not about that only, her involvement will be there always as her character represents humanity (one of the central themes of this manga).

Exactly as I said, this war isn't done. Kishi said he will be writing at least 1.5-2 years.
Take example Kakashi, it took him 4 years (if I am correct) to write about his involvement in the story he said long time ago.

I know about the Kakashi ordeal. Kishi stated he would write about Kakashi but he never said anything Sakura..
He was asked about sakura and he said he legitimately forgot about her.

A writer does forgot about a character they will plan on writing about in the future.

Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

I know about the Kakashi ordeal. Kishi stated he would write about Kakashi but he never said anything Sakura..
He was asked about sakura and he said he legitimately forgot about her.

A writer does forgot about a character they will plan on writing about in the future.

Well, about that interview, funny thing is that I found it totally different than the interview people talked about.

Mostly, it is said that it's from 2012 or something like that, however, the one I read was from 2008 when he first said that Kakashi will have a big surprise (which is happening now) and about Sasuke's fight with Itachi (which happened) and Sakura (we'll see if it happens).

And from where people took that, was Sayan Island where as far as I know, they were accused that the interviews sometimes were a bit wrong (or so I read).

So, dunno what to say about people, how they translate, their biases so on and so forth.

The only way I'll believe it as a 100% undoubteful proof is Kishi's interviews when they're filmed like it was in Road to Ninja and my friend who knows Japanese (though she stopped reading Naruto, lol).

Not to mention he wanted to write about Sakura's parents, her life and stuff like that so we are really supposed to believe he really forgot about her?

Which one would you trust more? The filmed interview or the written one?

Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

Originally Posted by Chatte

Well, about that interview, funny thing is that I found it totally different than the interview people talked about.

Mostly, it is said that it's from 2012 or something like that, however, the one I read was from 2008 when he first said that Kakashi will have a big surprise (which is happening now) and about Sasuke's fight with Itachi (which happened) and Sakura (we'll see if it happens).

And from where people took that, was Sayan Island where as far as I know, they were accused that the interviews sometimes were a bit wrong (or so I read).

So, dunno what to say about people, how they translate, their biases so on and so forth.

The only way I'll believe it as a 100% undoubteful proof is Kishi's interviews when they're filmed like it was in Road to Ninja and my friend who knows Japanese (though she stopped reading Naruto, lol).

Not to mention he wanted to write about Sakura's parents, her life and stuff like that so we are really supposed to believe he really forgot about her?

Which one would you trust more? The filmed interview or the written one?

Why she stop reading?

A filmed one is more legit. But the interview where he stated he forgot about Sakura was at Jump Festa. SaiyanIsland only gets the interviews from other sources and host that info on their site.

Also on NF, translators who actually live in Japan translate the interviews as well. I will have to find their posts first.

But for now Sakura is irrelevant to the story. She does not fit in with any of the current events. The only naruto female that could actually get character development and has a connection with the current events is Hinata since she has the Byakugan. The very doujutsu that orginated from the Juubi..

Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

A filmed one is more legit. But the interview where he stated he forgot about Sakura was at Jump Festa. SaiyanIsland only gets the interviews from other sources and host that info on their site.

Also on NF, translators who actually live in Japan translate the interviews as well. I will have to find their posts first.

But for now Sakura is irrelevant to the story. She does not fit in with any of the current events. The only naruto female that could actually get character development and has a connection with the current events is Hinata since she has the Byakugan. The very doujutsu that orginated from the Juubi..

Yeah, the one that I read was from the Jump Festa as well. The 2008 Jump Festa.
She read it because she considers Kishi a misogynist and because he killed Itachi, but that's another story.
Sakura does have relevance to the story.
Let's not forget this is a possible scenario of Team 7 only that's in the past. This whole war is going on because people want to keep peace and care for humanity, humanity that happens to be one of the biggest traits of Sakura's in this manga. So no matter what, she'll always be connected to the "roots" of it.
And do I smell a Hinata fan service? Don't get me wrong, I like both, but the way you put it in contradiction to one another, you know, it's not that hard to tell it.
Let's not forget that more representative for the Byakugan is Neji more than Hinata.
So it's not only about her.

NF? What is NF? Naruto Forums?
Dunno what to say about that, have heard only bad things about that forum, to be honest.

Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

Originally Posted by NarutoLuffy313

But for now Sakura is irrelevant to the story. She does not fit in with any of the current events. The only naruto female that could actually get character development and has a connection with the current events is Hinata since she has the Byakugan. The very doujutsu that orginated from the Juubi..

Im sorry, but as for now Hinata and Hyuugas in general has nothing to with Sage, Uchihas or Juubi. Besides, its only logical that the main heroine has better chances for development than some pairing fodder.

Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

I always thought Sakura should've been with Karin (it would be interesting, cause they both love(d) Sasuke) and meet up with Jugo & Suigetsu. that could've led to a fight with Chiyo & Kimimaro. and then meet up with Sasuke (that would be an even more interesting confrontation). that's the only way i could see Sakura being actually involved with the plot thats going on now (she wouldn't be that much help fighting Obito & Tobi).
Thoughts?

Re: Sakura Haruno's possible character development.

Originally Posted by mattster25

I always thought Sakura should've been with Karin (it would be interesting, cause they both love(d) Sasuke) and meet up with Jugo & Suigetsu. that could've led to a fight with Chiyo & Kimimaro. and then meet up with Sasuke (that would be an even more interesting confrontation). that's the only way i could see Sakura being actually involved with the plot thats going on now (she wouldn't be that much help fighting Obito & Tobi).
Thoughts?

Hmm, that is an interesting match, however, they're quite similar and I am sure they wouldn't get along too much.
But to led to a fight with Chiyo, that's even more interesting, considering that they fought together.
And once again, her involvement resides within the central teaching of this manga, not matter what arc it is.
Team Minato/Team 7 parallel, she is involved being Rin's portrayal one way or another.
And let's not forget that one of the biggest reasons of Obito of this war was because Rin was killed.

And it is too soon to say this war is over and she has nothing to do with it